Attack of the Killer Squids on Fringe

In this week’s episode we find Walter (John Noble) trying to be more independent by attempting to investigate this week’s case on his own. The case takes him to China Town in Boston where he looks into why people are being killed by huge parasites that exit their body through their mouth. This was not an episode you want to watch while eating dinner especially calamari.

The show starts with a Wu Zhe Lan dripping wet searching the streets of Boston . When he arrives at the location he was looking for he is taken in by Ming Che who claims he is the first to arrive. Wu Zhe Lan says that everyone else is dead. He soon is overcome by pain and you see a tentacle come out of his nose. EWWWW. Ming Che removes the parasite that looks like a big squid from his mouth and places it in a bucket.

The Fringe team catches the case when they are called to Dorchester Harbor to a scene where several Chinese people are washed up on shore dead. They soon discover they did not drown but they also have these parasites that have come out of their mouths. They discover one person still alive and take her to the hospital. This women appears to not have the parasite in her body. She tells Olivia (Anna Torv) that the crew on the boat gave everyone medicine for seasickness. She did not take the medicine.

Astrid (Jasika Nicole) and Walter go back to the lab and study the worms. They soon come to the conclusion that the people on the boat were being used as human incubators to transport the worms.

When they link the boat to a shipyard they take a man into custody who is from a gang. While in custody and before the team can get any information from him he takes a razor and slits his throat With the gang connection they think the worms may be drug related. However when Walter gets bitten by one of the worms he discovers his white blood count increased when this happened. He concludes that the worms are being used for medicinal purposes.

The investigation into the gang connection leads them to Elizabeth Jarvis who has given the gang $500,000 to a company that is associated with. When the team investigates her family they discover that her son is sick and that the parasites help keep him alive.

Walter insists on investigating the parasites in Chinatown on his own. Peter (Joshua Jackson) as Astrid follow him to make sure he is ok. Walter discovers Astrid and they agree to work together as friends. They go to a shop where Walter talks about the worm they have found. This tips off the gang and leads to Astrid being attacked. While in China Town Walter gets lost and forgets how to get home. He is taken in by a Chinese women who calls Peter.

FOXWalter Lost in China Town

The second boat is comes in but when the team arrives they discover it is empty. They go to the store where Walter spoke about the worms. They find the people who were infected on the second boat and are able to take them to the hospital. They are all granted political asylum and should survive.

Walter tells Peter he wants more independence. He is worried that he may still lose his way so he inserted a transponder into his neck and give Peter the receiver. We could be seeing a new Walter in the next few episodes.